IT WAS Star Wars Day yesterday… May the Fourth be with you and all that.

They really can make up any old nonsense from anything nowadays.

In fact, it will be Nowadays Day next. Anyway, it got me thinking about the movies for the second time this week.

The first one was on Monday having been to watch the premiere of As Good As It Gets? the rather excellent film about Leeds Rhinos’ ‘Golden Generation’ and their 2015 treble success.

It was thrilling to see rugby league on the big screen in such a way as, of course, it is so rarely treated in such a manner.

It was a point made by Jamie Jones-Buchanan, the Leeds second-row and one of the film’s executive producers, who reminded everyone afterwards that there really needs to be more stories from the sport told in more depth.

There are so many worthy stories that do need broadcasting to the masses, not necessarily on the big screen but at least in a 45-minute sports documentary format.

Dave Craven

Aside from This Sporting Life in 1963 and Up ‘n’ Under 25 years later, things have been pretty sparse for rugby league. Unless you include sporadic episodes of Where The Heart Is when Skelthwaite’s side used to have a run around.

But Jones-Buchanan made a valid point. There are so many worthy stories that do need broadcasting to the masses, not necessarily on the big screen but at least in a 45-minute sports documentary format.

He mentioned Tom Briscoe’s exploits when the Leeds winger became the first player to score five tries in a Challenge Cup final during Rhinos’ 50-0 walloping of Hull KR three years ago.

That subject will become all the more topical if his brother Luke goes on and beats another record.

The Featherstone Rovers winger has equalled Martin Offiah’s post-war record of scoring in 15 consecutive matches.

However, if his stunning run continues, he could soon break the all-time record set by Eric Harris, who scored in 17 successive games for Leeds during the 1935-36 season.

But it got me wondering about other remarkable feats that would make great documentaries.